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Five killed as US medical transport plane crashes

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A plane transporting medical supplies crashed on Saturday in the US state of Nevada, killing all five on board, its operator, REMSA Health, said on Sunday.

According to the statement, the plane went off radar on Friday night outside the town of Stagecoach, near Nevada’s border with California.

“We are heartbroken to report that we have now received confirmation from Central Lyon County Fire Department that none of the five people on board survived,” the statement said.

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The statement added that in addition to the pilot, the plane was carrying a nurse, a paramedic, a patient and the patient’s family member.

“While the circumstances around the crash have yet to be confirmed, it occurred as a major winter storm pummels the US west coast, delivering feet of snow in the high mountains and even blanketing usually warm areas in southern California,” the company said.

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